No. 24-7233

Joseph Anthony Daniels v. Vincent Gore, Medical Doctor

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-16
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure coronavirus-claim medical-examination medical-records prostate-cancer summary-judgment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the appeals court should have ordered a physical examination of the plaintiff to substantiate his prostate cancer claim and whether the court should have held an evidentiary hearing to review medical records from John Randolph Hospital

Question Presented (from Petition)

SHOULD THE APPEALS COURT HAVE ORDERED A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION ON PLAINTIFF TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS CLAIM OF HAVING PROSTATE CANCER, WHICH FACT BECAME EVIDENT BY DEFENDANT, VINCENT GORE, M.D., THROUGH DISCOVERY EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY HIM TO THE COURT? DID ATTORNEY, ERIKA W. KOPP, ENTER AN APPEARANCE WITH THE COURT TO ACT ON DEFENDANT, VINCENT GORE'S BEHALF, PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, RULE 11(a), PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE DECEMBER 18, 2023, WHICH DOCUMENTS WERE "VINCENT GORE, M.D.S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT", A"ROSEBORO NOTICE" AND "VINCENT GORE, M.D.S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT"?COURT AND FORWARDING PLAINTIFF DOCUMENTS DATED SHOULD THE COURT HAVE HELD AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO REVIEW THE MEDICAL DISK IN PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORD FROM JOHN RANDOPH HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS EVALUATED, WHICH DISK'S RESULTS WOULD HAVE CONFIRMED OR DENIED PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM OF SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL HEALTH ISSUES RESULTING FROM CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS? ii

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2025-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Joseph A. Daniels
Joseph A. Daniels — Petitioner
Joseph A. Daniels — Petitioner